51-year-old maintenance worker Daniel Buesgens with Eastern Carver County Schools died Monday morning after falling off a ladder while making a repair at Chaska High School in MN

An employee working at a Chaska middle school has died after he fell off a ladder.

A spokesman for the Eastern Carver County School District says 51-year-old Daniel Buesgens was trying to repair a heater in a maintenance room of a domed athletic center when he fell off an 8-foot ladder Monday morning.

Buesgens was working in a room that is not in a public area. He was found by another school employee.

Physical education classes held in the center were canceled Monday as Chaska police and OSHA officials investigated.

The Star Tribune reported that Buesgens had worked for the school district since 2015. He was a building and grounds employee.



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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials say a maintenance worker with Eastern Carver County Schools died Monday morning after falling off a ladder while making a repair.

District officials say the incident happened at around 8 a.m. at the Athletic Center. School was in session and students were in the dome, but not until after the incident had happened. The man was in the maintenance room and fell off a ladder.

Officials say nobody, including students, witnessed what happened. Classes at the Athletic Center were canceled for the rest of the day. District officials identified the man as Danny Buesgens. He was a buildings and grounds employee for Eastern Carver County Schools.

Buesgens was hired in 2015 and worked at Chaska High School as a custodian and groundskeeper. He took a position in October of 2016 as a district-wide groundskeeper and attendant at the ice arena. He worked out of Chanhassen High School.

Buesgens was 51 years old. Chaska police are investigating the incident, as are local officials for Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration.

Search for Pilot n Paws volunteer pilot Bill Kinsinger, 55, and his missing Cirrus aircraft is called off. The pilot is believed to have suffered from hypoxia, a lack of oxygen.

Monday, January 08, 2018 10:15PM

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (KTRK) --

The U.S. Coast Guard said it is calling off its search for a missing pilot who vanished over the Gulf of Mexico last week.

After searching for 79 hours and 17,458 nautical square miles, the Coast Guard said it would suspend its search for Bill Kinsinger, 55, and his missing Cirrus aircraft.
Last Wednesday, Kinsinger took off from Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City, with a plan to land in Georgetown, Texas.

When the plane failed to land, air traffic controllers attempted to reach Kinsinger who never responded.

"Ending a search is a difficult decision that we put the upmost thought and consideration into," said Capt. David Cooper, chief of incident management, Eighth Coast Guard District. "Dr. Kinsinger was a well loved man and our hearts go out to everyone impacted during this tragic time."

Investigators said the plane continued on the same course, and was last observed on radar about 219 miles northwest of Cancun at 15,000 feet.

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans launched aircraft to investigate over the Gulf of Mexico and reported the pilot was slouched over and appeared unconscious.
The pilot is believed to have suffered from hypoxia, a lack of oxygen.

The Coast Guard said four aircrews from Corpus Christi; Clearwater, Florida; Elizabeth City, North Carolina; and Mobile, Alabama were involved in the search.

Date:	03-JAN-2018
Time:	17:41+ CST
Type:	Cirrus SR22T
Owner/operator:	Abide Aviation LLC
Registration:	N325JK
C/n / msn:	1290
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Substantial
Location:	Gulf of Mexico -   Mexico
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	KPWA
Destination airport:	KGTU

Narrative:
Aircraft missing over Gulf of Mexico.

Aircraft was operated by a Pilot n Paws volunteer who was on the way to pick up a rescue dog. The pilot became unresponsive to ATC and the aircraft went off-course flying into the Mexican Gulf. Fighter jets tracked the aircraft but could not get pilot's attention. It is likely that the pilot may have suffered from hypoxia.

Sources:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N325JK
http://www.fox23.com/news/plane-disappears-after-taking-off-from-oklahoma-city/675612395
https://www.rt.com/usa/414952-plane-oklahoma-texas-disappears-radar/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=325JK
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2018/01/cirrus-sr22t-n325jk-abide-aviation-llc.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_useful_consciousness
http://www.cfinotebook.net/notebook/aeromedical-and-human-factors/hypoxia

BLAME THE TOASTER FOR MASSIVE FIRE IN NYC: 7-alarm fire broke out on the second floor of the six-story residential building at 775 Riverside Drive, near West 156th Street, in Washington Heights

Per #FDNY Fire Marshals: Preliminary cause of today’s 7-alarm fire, 755 Riverside Dr. Manhattan was accidental, electrical, toaster. Smoke alarm present and operational.

 

Members found fire had spread into a dumbwaiter shaft, which runs from the first floor to the top floor of the building, into the cockloft.

 

A cockloft is a wide open area that is very difficult for us to reach, we either have to cut through the roof or break through from the ceiling below. It’s very hard work under very arduous conditions.  We are not so brave after all!

 

Monday, January 08, 2018 11:38PM

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) --

17 people were hurt and dozens displaced in a seven-alarm fire that tore through a building in upper Manhattan Monday afternoon.

The flames broke out on the second floor of the six-story residential building at 775 Riverside Drive, near West 156th Street, in Washington Heights. The fire reached the roof, sending plumes of dark smoke billowing into the sky.
The FDNY reports that all the victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and that no one is critical. Eight of the injured were civilians and nine were first responders.

More than 200 firefighters were working to get the blaze under control.

According to investigators, the preliminary cause of the fire was accidental and it was electrical, caused by a toaster.
Officials say a tenant was making toast when the appliance suddenly burst into flames that quickly spread throughout the kitchen and up a dumbwaiter to the upper floors and the cockloft.

"It's an open shaft that runs through the building and once fire got into that shaft way it quickly traveled into the cockloft space," said FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro.

A smoke alarm was present and operational.

"My mother, my sister and my niece live in this building. That was my first reaction, if they were safe," said tenant Sean Polite. He then rushed to his family's apartment building which by then was surrounded by firefighters.

Many residents though were unaware of the fire until they arrived home from work. "I turned the corner and I see people from the building, 'who called you?'. I said no one called me, I'm finding out right now, I'm like, Oh my God," said one resident.
A staging area has been set up for victims and their family members affected by the fire in Our Lady of Esperanza Church located at 624 West 156th Street.

Authorities advised those nearby to close windows and avoid smoke. Drivers were told to expect delays in the area.

The Red Cross said it is uncertain when the displaced residents will be able to return home.

One of the leading causes of fire deaths in homes of adults ages 65+ is heating equipment. Keep space heaters at least 3' away from anything that can burn, turn the heater off before going to bed, & plug the heater directly into the wall.  Also, do not overload electric circuits, do not overload electric cords, do not use defective or ill-maintained appliances or devices, etc., etc.